Small community movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant small community movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful and serious films and TV shows about / with small community, society, isolation, small town, murder, community, family relations, island, countryside and village plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in UK, USA, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as small community: The Vicar of Dibley (1994), The Wicker Man (1973), EastEnders (1985), When Animals Dream (2014), Hierro (2019), Midnight Mass (2021), Prime Cut (1972), Kimen (1974), Chickens (2011), Bad Tales (2020).
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Reverend Granger is assigned as the Vicar of the rural parish of Dibley, but she is not quite what the villagers expected.
Style:
sitcom, retro, semi serious, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
english countryside, church, christmas, friendship, small community, religion, small town, religious, church of england, community, chocolate, congregation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, britain
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.
Style:
creepy, dark, cult horror, twist ending, psychotronic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
folk horror, religion, paganism, occult, disappearance, ritual, human sacrifice, female nudity, temptation, sacrifice, investigation, conspiracy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
scotland, fictional island, europe, united kingdom, scottish highlands
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.
Style:
soap opera, captivating, realistic, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
working class, workplace intrigue, small community, parent grown child relationship, social relations, family business, family in crisis, neighbor neighbor relationship, husband wife relationship, jealousy, social realism, small town ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s, 90s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, east end london
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The young woman, Marie, is an outsider in the small coastal community where she has grown up. The townspeople live in fear of her and not least her mother, who is wheelchair bound, suffering from a mysterious illness. When Marie discovers her body ...
Style:
atmospheric, sexy, tense, suspense, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
werewolf, transformation, on the run, humiliation, violence, small community, deadly creature, female werewolf, vengeance, impossible love, terror, female warrior ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
In El Hierro, the most remote island of the Canary Archipelago, a murder has occurred. Candela, an experienced judge with a strong character, must instruct the case as she takes up her position in a destination where she doesn't fit in. The ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, tense, psychological, detective
Plot:
murder, small community, suspect, justice, police investigation, judge, danger, businessman, disorder, island, society, neighbor neighbor relationship ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An unsettlling omen washes ashore in the wake of the storm. Later, when the locals gather for a potluck, tragedy strikes - and a miracle occurs.
Style:
scary, psychological horror, mystical, mysterious, suspense ...
Plot:
community, vampire, secret, priest, supernatural, island, supernatural horror, church, catholicism, religious fanaticism, small community, supernatural power ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, israel
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Chicago mob enforcer is sent to Kansas City to settle a debt with a cattle rancher who not only grinds his enemies into sausage, but sells women as sex slaves.
Style:
independent film, tense, serious, exciting, grindhouse ...
Plot:
murder, organized crime, slaughterhouse, violence, gangster, chase, revenge, hotel, rape victim, vengeance, mafia, redheaded woman ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1972, 1930s
Place:
chicago, kansas, usa, kansas city, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
On a small green island out in the sea, they live in harmony - until a stranger comes. Like a hurricane this rocks the small society, and a killing lets all hidden forces loose.
Style:
tension, dark, suspense, allegory, atmospheric ...
Plot:
island, small community, mass hysteria, fear, murder, violence, isolation, human nature, anger, paranoia, tragedy, hate ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ariadna discovers that her grandfather has been searching for the remains of his father, who disappeared during the Civil War. Determined to help him, she travels to Burgos, where a mass grave is being excavated, and where he could be buried. During ...
Style:
historical drama, thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
teacher, biopic, school teacher, professor, small community, spanish civil war, civil war, storytelling, political violence, exhumation, memories, memory ...
Time:
1930s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
It's the First World War. Our nation's heroes are fighting the good fight on foreign soil, but in one sleepy English village three young men remain: George is a conscientious objector, Cecil has flat feet and Bert really is a coward, ...
Style:
sitcom, satirical, captivating, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
world war one, satire, small town life, conscientious objector, small community, lifestyle, social issues, small town, countryside, war, social problems, cowardice ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Once upon a time there was a dark tale set in a small community somewhere in the world. A seemingly normal world silently festering with the sadism of fathers and the anger of diligent, desperate children.
Style:
disturbing, ambiguous ending, serious, emotional, suspense ...
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, underage sex, teen angst, female exhibitionist, sexual awakening, abuse, female nudity, small community, under the surface, social relations, death ...
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Stranded deep in the woods, a young married couple is taken in by an isolationist family, one that lives off the blood and plunder from lost hikers, and they want the couple to stay for the rest of their lives.
Style:
dark, psychological, mockumentary, independent film, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cave, cannibalism, travel, woods, car accident, trapped, cannibal, wilderness, camping, couple relations, small community, physical disability ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on the bestselling novel by Joanna Trollope Recently returned to England from New York City, vivacious heiress Clodagh Unwin befriends a couple new to her village. The husband is entranced by the young aristocrat, but Clodagh has eyes for ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, sensual, sincere ...
Plot:
lesbian, village life, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, closeted homosexual, adultery, lesbian sex, lesbian relationship, family relations, infidelity, husband wife relationship, lesbian love, family life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After a strange storm in the Carribean causes a boat to sink, a family finds itself stranded on an island in the "27th dimension".
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, suspense, enigmatic
Plot:
bermuda triangle, ship, ocean, survival, island, starting over, danger, escapades, forces of nature, family in danger, isolation, stranded ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
caribbean
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A idyllic, small, self-sufficient community. On the surface, it seems like the perfect neighborhood. Everything you could possibly need is within walking distance. But...the pastoral exterior conceals a dark past and an even darker secret. As a ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mad scientist, danger, experiment gone awry, chaos, small town, supernatural, small community, under the surface, survival, dark secret, violent content, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark, Norway
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Set against the beautiful backdrop of northern Norway, this film tells the story of a telegraphist in a very small community at the turn of the century.
Style:
romantic drama, scenic, melancholic, art house, wistful ...
Plot:
small community, intimate, isolation, literary, romantic rivalry, wooing, love triangle, unrequited love, scandinavian culture, unfaithful wife, priest, sex ...
Time:
1900s, turn of the century, 1800s, 19th century
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Genre: Horror
Country: Brazil
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In a polluted mangrove swamp, dead bodies raise during the night, attacking and biting the dwellers that transform into aggressive zombies. Local fisherman LuÃs fights against the monsters to survive and save the lives of those around him.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspense, tropical, tense ...
Plot:
zombie, swamp, survival, zombie survival, survival horror, zombie attack, zombie violence, flesh eating zombie, human monster, monster, struggle for survival, small community ...
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Comedy about the crazy adventures of three friends - Alexey, Tolik and Marina, who decided to commit suicide.
Style:
light, feel good, entertaining, humorous, dark comedy ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
suicide, suicide attempt, failed attempt, dark humor, last wish, escapades, unlikely friendships, stupidity, chance meeting, life & death, relationships, taunting ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
In different parts of rural China, various people explore what makes their communities unique.
Style:
social, anthology, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
village life, community, everyday life, slice of life, society, social differences, lifestyle, countryside, small community, villager, tradition, nostalgia ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
china
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Fulvio is the only one of the three brothers to have left the village to go to work in the city. Deputy chief of staff in a large company, he dismisses people without remorse until he gets fired himself and after being jailed for beating his ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, light, satirical ...
Plot:
satire, provincial life, community, society, social problems, small town, church, humour, family problems, breaking the law, money problems, small community ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Denmark
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
A deadly virus hits a small community living on an island in the North Sea.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspense, apocalyptic
Plot:
pandemic, teenage girl, quarantine, virus, teenage protagonist, island, stranded on an island, epidemic, survival, society, community, lifestyle change ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
fictional island
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Kou Ichinomiya has always lived according to the creed of his wealthy, successful family: never be in debt to anyone. But one day, under the Arakawa Bridge, his life is saved by a homeless girl named Nino. In order to pay her back, Kou promises to ...
Style:
anime, sincere, captivating, humorous, seinen ...
Plot:
relationships, rich man, life philosophy, new life, couple relations, lifestyle change, small community, community, changing lives, lifestyle, rich and poor, small village ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Kat Crichton is a young Family Liaison Officer assigned to investigate the brutal murder of the wife of a local tycoon at a remote island mansion. The murder investigation unravels on the island of Lewis and Harris, from where Kat mysteriously fled ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspenseful, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
island, murder mystery, investigation, isolation, police procedural, secrets, small community, suspicion, justice, moral ambiguity, getting home, retribution ...
Place:
scotland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Parviz has as its increasingly horrifying anti-hero the 50-year-old hulk of a passive-aggressive bachelor son (theater director/activist Haftvan), whose free ride in life screeches to a halt when his miserly widowed father forms a plan to remarry.
Style:
intense, realistic, tense, existential, melancholic ...
Plot:
passive aggressive behavior, family conflict, middle aged man, character study, loneliness, anti hero, alienation, father son relationship, isolation, unsettling, small community, domestic drama ...
Place:
iran, middle east
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Style:
medical drama, thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
doctor, summer, life & death, male female relationship, physician, saving a life, doctors and patients, relationship vs career, problem, male doctor, medical, medicine ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The truth carries a heavy burden, whether it is said that it sets off a storm, or it remains in the heart that disturbs man. Between telling the truth and revealing a secret or being silent and expedient, one is preferable to the other.
Style:
emotional, tense, suspenseful, tragic
Plot:
moral dilemma, secrets, moral ambiguity, tradition, reputation, honor, village life, social conflict, character study, family drama, small community, family honor ...
Place:
iran
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Tunisia
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Four seasons to tell the fluctuating moods and mores of a small community that shares its daily chores and life experiences in the military base of Fort Buchanan. In this imagined (perhaps dreamed?) location, peculiar habits respond to the needs of ...
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
gay, military base, lgbt, female friendship, friendship, small community, character study, loneliness, personal growth, sexual frustration, slice of life, woods ...
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A smart Parish priest is highly respected and loved by the villagers until he gets locked up in a secret location by criminals for witnessing a murder
Style:
crime drama, captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder witness, murder mystery, village, secret, priest, satire, murder, problem, witnessing a crime, countryside, witness, organized crime ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Cyprus
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
100 years ago ...
Unexpected residents, in a village that hides a past ... Human stories in a place that is haunted by a great secret ...
In a Cypriot ethos would anyone say? ...Not at all!
In a painting of trees and stone houses? ...Not at ...
Style:
entertaining, satirical, captivating, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
satire, society, lifestyle, countryside, slice of life, villager, social issues, everyday life, social problems, secret, small community, village life ...
Place:
cyprus
Is relevant?
477
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Albania
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Andre starts as a teacher in a remote mountain village in Albania. His first task is to choose one of two communist slogans. He picks the shorter one, which is appreciated by his class, because they have to build the slogan on the hillside using ...
Style:
thought provoking, art house, melancholic, satirical, period piece ...
Plot:
propaganda, social commentary, abuse of power, mountain village, injustice, bureaucracy, education, moral dilemma, high school life, small community, revenge, love interest ...
Place:
albania
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